CVE-2025-66472: XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication

CVE-2025-66472 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.1 · Published 2025-12-10

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 6.2-milestone-1 through 16.10.9 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.4.1 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates are vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack through a deletion confirmation message. The attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.10 and 17.4.2 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates.

Technologies: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources (Maven), org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-66472 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-66472 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-66472?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 10 December 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.2-milestone-1,fixed=16.10.10; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.2-milestone-1,fixed=16.10.10.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-66472?
Yes. org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources (Maven): upgrade to 16.10.10 or later; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven): upgrade to 16.10.10 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-66472?
Check whether you run org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources (Maven) or org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources (Maven): upgrade to 16.10.10 or later
    # set org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources to 16.10.10 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven): upgrade to 16.10.10 or later
    # set org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 16.10.10 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.2-milestone-1,fixed=16.10.10
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.2-milestone-1,fixed=16.10.10

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-66472
  • GHSA-7vpr-jm38-wr7w

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